How many calories...

ZakWray
ZakWray Posts: 20 Member
edited October 2 in Food and Nutrition
Quick question re: calories.

Does anyone know how many calories are in a tub of garlic sauce? I'm talking about a take away type sauce which you can't really buy from supermarkets in the UK?

Obviously they are all going to vary but just an approximation, can't find anything on the web.

Zak

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  • witchyboots
    witchyboots Posts: 154 Member
    I've been wondering this for ages - I'm sure it's just a North-East thing though cos I've never been able to get it anywhere else :noway: I don't think I even want to know the answer to be honest as a 'copy' I bought from the supermarket had over 500 cals for a tablespoon - Yes really - It was my downfall cos chicken kebab just isn't the same without it so I had to start making my own from light mayo and crushed garlic or powder
  • ChrissieMills
    ChrissieMills Posts: 82 Member
    as in dominios? 50g = 440kcal!! Yikes!!! but of so yummy!
  • witchyboots
    witchyboots Posts: 154 Member
    as in dominios? 50g = 440kcal!! Yikes!!! but of so yummy!

    I was soooo shocked when I found that out - those EVIL little tubs cost me more calories than my slice of bloody pizza :sad:

    Delicious but def not worth it
  • ZakWray
    ZakWray Posts: 20 Member
    440...........this better be worth it.. NOM NOM

    Also, i'm necking on with a chicken parmesan, which for you all that don't know is a regional-favourite Teeside dish, check it out at your peril on wiki.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmo

    wowsa! a full sized portion is 2600 without the garlics sauce!! i'm only having 1/2 though!!
  • ChrissieMills
    ChrissieMills Posts: 82 Member
    I know the feeling!! I can easy finish one and head for the second!! not quite as appealing now! The other biggest shocking i found was salted popcorn at cineworld!! Who new little puffs of air could be so bad!!
  • ChrissieMills
    ChrissieMills Posts: 82 Member
    Ooo Parmo looks good!!! Enjoy!!! I wish i read this yesterday when i was up north! well actually maybe its a good job i didnt! :op
  • Naughtybiscuit
    Naughtybiscuit Posts: 71 Member
    Noo! How many are there in cineworld salty popcorn? Arrr I love that stuff!
  • witchyboots
    witchyboots Posts: 154 Member
    I dunno like - 440 cals is for the tiny little tubs of oily garlic dip you get from Dominos - the stuff you're on about is waaay different and bigger

    Enjoy your parmo though - I think you're fine doing 6 days on and one naughty day btw - I did that for a year eating a parmo and drinking a half bottle of Bacardi every weekend and I lost 6st :drinker:
  • ChrissieMills
    ChrissieMills Posts: 82 Member
    Do you really want to know... lol i cant take the info back,,,,,


    About 1799 in a large!



    from the daily mail!!

    'Cinema-goers should be warned about how many calories are contained in popular snacks such as popcorn, fizzy drink and icecream, according to the nutrition watchdog.
    The Food Standards Agency is also concerned that portion sizes offered to filmgoers are getting out of control and have called on cinemas to act to tackle the obesity crisis.
    It follows claims that a large bag of sweet popcorn could contain an alarming 1,800 calories - the equivalent of a large curry with sides and two bottles of beer.
    A large salted popcorn did not fare much better than the sweet variety, containing 1,779 calories - the same as a three course meal of pizza, garlic bread and tiramisu.


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254167/The-1-800-calorie-popcorn-bag-truth-cinema-snacks.html#ixzz1YKURvs4l'
  • Naughtybiscuit
    Naughtybiscuit Posts: 71 Member
    :-O noooooooooo!!!!! Oh my god!
  • ChrissieMills
    ChrissieMills Posts: 82 Member
    i know!! I was so devastated i spent ages searching other website praying it was wrong!! but afraid not! :(
  • ZakWray
    ZakWray Posts: 20 Member
    Here's the bad boy himself: approx 1400 calories

    http://i51.tinypic.com/2637yoo.jpg


    ..accompanied w/ this: an additional 600 calories


    http://i53.tinypic.com/2v7uvxe.jpg

    **heaven w/ x-factor!
  • ChrissieMills
    ChrissieMills Posts: 82 Member
    lol that garlic pot it like 100 times the size of the pizza one! It does look good! how far north do i have to go? I have family in leeds will that cut it? hehe
  • DaveyGravy
    DaveyGravy Posts: 283 Member
    There's no way that is 1400 zak, that looks like a 3/4 size parmo, i reckon that's in the 2000 range sunshine.

    I see you're enjoying yourself this weekend like ;;
  • DaveyGravy
    DaveyGravy Posts: 283 Member
    For anyone who has never experienced the parmo, eating one without garlo is, in fact, Blasphemy.
  • ZakWray
    ZakWray Posts: 20 Member
    I can also confirm that.

    @chrissie: you're talking about a further 60 or so miles north. They are based from Teesside so around the Middlesbrough area.

    @DaveyG: I think the pic is slightly misleading that's a smaller pizza box. Yeah back on the x2 weetabix from tomorrow morning though
  • DaveyGravy
    DaveyGravy Posts: 283 Member
    Fair enough man you've earned it. bet it tasted immense after all your fantasising lol
  • ZakWray
    ZakWray Posts: 20 Member
    nothing spectacular really, enjoyed a nando's earlier though hehe
  • ChrissieMills
    ChrissieMills Posts: 82 Member
    Gutted! wont be up in Newcastle for another 6 months!! How have i not learnt about this earlier?!

    Ah well.. If im good for the next 6 months maybe i'll save up enough calories to have one! :laugh:
  • DaveyGravy
    DaveyGravy Posts: 283 Member
    You will never return to the south once you have had one...
  • DaveyGravy
    DaveyGravy Posts: 283 Member
    PS. I don't mean because it will kill you lol :laugh:
  • ChrissieMills
    ChrissieMills Posts: 82 Member
    lol i can just imagine... walk out the shop and have a huge coronary lol

    I actually found a recipe! Thinking i might give it ago although i imagine it will never be the same thing or contain nearly enough fat! but might be a good second best!
  • DaveyGravy
    DaveyGravy Posts: 283 Member
    There is a place in Billingham, called the pizza pan, their parmos are at least 4 times the size of zee zays pic, you need 2 x garlic to cover it haha =) Oh YES!
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